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Re: call-with-dynamic-root and fluids

To: Jim Blandy <jimb at red-bean dot com>
Subject: Re: call-with-dynamic-root and fluids
From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at eazel dot com>
Date: 26 Mar 2000 06:55:45 -0800
Cc: Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj at mdj dot nada dot kth dot se>, Marius Vollmer <mvo at zagadka dot ping dot de>, Mikael Djurfeldt <djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se>, guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <E12XOrj-0007s7-00@mdj.nada.kth.se> <877lewgllm.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <xy7g0tkja0k.fsf@mdj.nada.kth.se> <lqd7oman4w.fsf@pythagoras.eazel.com> <m3ln39qjti.fsf@savonarola.red-bean.com>

Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> writes:

> This sounds very similar to the concerns Matthias Felleisen was trying
> to address with `prompt' and `control'.  Before reworking
> call-with-dynamic-root, we should take the time to understand that
> proposal.

Pointer, please?

I did find a brief mentione of `prompt' on the net here: 
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~shriram/311/Lectures/8.html

But the `prompt' mentioned there only appears to block exceptions, not
continuations.

 - Maciej

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